Big Bass in the Rips and What the Fluke are Eating!

Sometimes, it's more than just the fishing. Long time client Ryan uses his fishing and hunting trips with his son Kai to teach Kai about the outdoors life, including filleting fish. It does help though when the fishing (somewhat) cooperates.
On this June day, joining Ryan and Kai were friends Bobby and Steven, and the bass certainly cooperated with stripers up to 40" caught. The fluke and weakfish didn't quite cooperate as well, but there was a nice two porgy surprise in the belly of the one keeper fluke we caught (which Kai, naturally, filleted).
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[@RayA-rt6tp]

Great video John..great boat too! 👍

[@ctcraftii]

Nice work

[@sapelesteve]

Nice trip John & great to see a young kid fishing and learning the ropes! 👍👍🐟🐟

[@harrisgraves592]

I been fishin starry flounder in S.E. Alaska for 30 years. Only in the last few years have I gotten some Halibut. We don't eat much salmon, so we are addicted to flats. Fishin for your flukes is on my bucket list. Thank you for the next best thing. I've learned a bit from ya too. Thank you.

[@jiggingjerks]

Thanks for the kind words and ironically halibut is on my bucket list!

[@stephenwegener2892]

Guess my foul hook wasn’t good enough to make it the video lol

[@jiggingjerks]

Hahaha, sorry!!!!

[@xcaliburfishing9306]

Nice work John! Boat looks great! How are you enjoying it so far?!

[@jiggingjerks]

Enjoying it a lot. It really does ride great

[@jackluppino2060]

So awesome, do you feel that there is a difference in the fishing at the race or plum gut depending on incoming or outgoing tides?

[@jiggingjerks]

Definitely! Incoming equals Gut and outgoing I prefer the Race

[@PAL-tt5dd]

John, what Connolly rod(s) do you use at the Gut? Thnx-I'm from 3 Mile Harbor

[@jiggingjerks]

It's their Kingfish 7 footer MH but I had them custom make it about 10 years ago

[@CaptainLeonsBoatingandMore]

John what net are you using? I have a Frabill with cloth type material that is constantly getting tangled with my rig, big PIA. Thanks.

[@jiggingjerks]

Morning Leon! It’s also a Frabill - it’s the 26 inch conservation series

[@johnmccreary1554]

Outgoing or incoming ?

[@jiggingjerks]

Incoming

[@googeelou]

Who's boat is this??

[@jiggingjerks]

My new Eastward 24

[@googeelou]

Alright! Boat looks great!